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RSO Training Program and Revised HP ExamPosted by Greg Dietlein on November 28, 2016

It is with great excitement that I am able to announce that Transport Canada has approved both the new RSO training program and a revised high power exam.

The RSO Training document brings RSO training into full alignment with federal requirements. It outlines training and recording of training as well as the final approval process. The process has taken many years to complete. Work by past presidents, executives, CRSOs, RSOs and BODs have played a real and important part towards the successful completion of this very important work.

The HP exam has updated as well as addresses concerns expressed by members over the years. It requires an updated study guide and conversion to a bilingual document. This is well in hand by the translation committee and will be made available very shortly.

Thank you to all those who made this work with special thanks to:

Pierre Laurendeau, past president and past CRSOAngelo Castellano, past president

I was deeply saddened this evening when I received news that Ron Veale, our Alberta Director had passed away. He left this earth in Calgary on the morning of November 23.

Rocketry was truly one of Ron's great passions. He never declined a request to help and always fully applied his great intellect towards any task he participated in. His warm and friendly nature made him truly one of the finest people in our community. Beyond working within our national organization, Ron was always committed and made time to help our younger members. He will be greatly missed.

His passing has touched our whole family. Though we live a province away, we were blessed to be able to call him our friend. Ron had visited us several times including joining us for an Easter and a Christmas.

On behalf of my family and the CAR/ACF, I wish to offer our condolences to Ron's family and friends.

The CARWeb Forum software has undergone a significant version upgrade. As a result, the forum location has been changed to http:\\www.canadianrocketry.org\phpbb. All the links on CARWeb should be updated to refer to the new location, but if you have any bookmarks to the forum, they'll need to be updated. The new forum has full French and English language support. If you experience any problems, please let me know.

Fellow CAR-ACF Members As you are no doubt aware the Canadian / US exchange rate has changed drastically in the past year. The change has impacted many industries and organizations, and we are no exception.

The Sport Rocketry subscription service we provide requires us to purchase magazines from the publisher in US$. To make a long story short the current rate we are charging does not cover our costs. As a result, we are forced to raise the price of the Sport Rocketry subscription service to $54.50 / year. This price increase is effective immediately and applies to new or renewal subscriptions. Those of you that have current subscriptions will not be affected until such time as your current subscription expires. We don’t like to raise prices on any service, but we can’t in good conscience have the general membership subsidizing a service that is not used by everyone.